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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
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+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+package java.lang.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.Constable;
+import java.lang.invoke.Constables;
+import java.lang.invoke.Intrinsics;
+
+/**
+ * Identifies a {@link Constable}-yielding factory method or combinator
+ * in {@link java.lang.invoke.Constables}.  For invocations of methods
+ * annotated as {@linkplain TrackableConstant} whose arguments (and, for instance
+ * methods, the receiver) are all constant expressions, the compiler will track
+ * the result as a constant expression, for possible intrinsification.
+ *
+ * @see Constable
+ * @see Constables
+ * @see Intrinsics
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
+@Target({ ElementType.METHOD})
+public @interface TrackableConstant {}